The World Valentine
is another design. For this use a circular piece of white paper about four inches in diameter. Shade it around the edge a little to give an idea of roundness ([Fig. 107]), then with ink draw on the disk the outlines of North and South America to represent the world ([Fig. 108]). Paint the continent a light yellow. Put the lettering on in bright colors, placing an awl drawn in outline ([Fig. 109]) and a figure 2 in the position shown in [Fig. 110]. Paint the awl red.
| Fig. 108.—North and South America. | Fig. 109.—The awl. | Fig. 110.—You are all the world to your valentine |
Fig. 111.—The daisy valentine.
This message is a rebus and reads: “You are all the world to your Valentine.”
Next Comes the Daisy Valentine
([Fig. 111]). On a piece of paper six inches long and three and a half inches wide draw a circle near the top, making it not quite three inches in diameter. Paint the circle bright green as a background for the white daisy. Make the daisy of three or four layers of white tissue paper folded like [Fig. 112] and cut along the scalloped outline shown in [Fig. 112]. Unfold the petals and they will be like [Fig. 113]; but as the number should be odd, you must cut off one of the petals. Sew the centre of the daisy to the centre of the green circle, then paste a small yellow paper disk ([Fig. 114]) over the stitches. Paint a small red heart at each upper corner of the valentine and paint a narrow blue ribbon tied to each heart and looped between, as in [Fig. 111]. If the valentine is intended for a girl write under the green circle in red letters:
“Pluck the daisy petals off, saying first: ‘He loves me.’